Question tags (Tail questions)
| Positive sentence | Negative tag |
| You are fond of adventure films, | aren’t you? |
| I’m appropriately dressed, | aren’t I? |
| They like sitting in the first row, | don’t they? |
| You can find trailers on the internet, | can’t you? |
| You could lend me the soundtrack, | couldn’t you? |
| They have read the review, | haven’t they? |
| You will buy the tickets, | won’t you? |
| It was directed by Spielberg, | wasn’t it? |
| He watched the movie with subtitles, | didn’t he? |
| She would go to the concert, | wouldn’t she? |
Note:
With “I am” we use “aren’t I” or “am I not”.
| Negative sentence | Positive tag |
| You aren’t fond of adventure films, | are you? |
| I’m not appropriately dressed, | am I? |
| They don’t like sitting in the first row, | do they? |
| You can’t find trailers on the internet, | can you? |
| You couldn’t lend me the soundtrack, | could you? |
| They haven’t read the review, | have they? |
| You won’t buy the tickets, | will you? |
| It wasn’t directed by Spielberg, | was it? |
| He didn’t watch the movie with subtitles, | did he? |
| She wouldn’t go to the concert, | would she? |
Intonation
If we have a real question and we expect an answer the intonation of the question tag goes up.
→ ↓ → ↑
I don’t remember what you said. You have seen that movie, haven’t you?
If we are sure and we don’t expect an answer but agreement the intonation goes down.
→ ↓ → ↓
You know who the murderer is. You have seen this movie, haven’t you?
